Dispensing device



March 8 1938. J. PETERS 2,110,713

DISPENSING DEVICE Filed June 1, 1936 v INVENTOR. Marl-m J: Pefers Patented Mar. 8, 1938 PATENT o FicE DISPENSING DEVICE Martin, J. Peters, New York, N. Y.,' assignor to Moore Brothers Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 1, 1936, Serial No. 82,866

' 1 Claim. (01. 221-9s) This invention relates to dispensing devices, and more particularly to such as are for the dispensing of granular materials, especially soap powder. 1

Objects The objects of the invention are to provide a non-clogging dispensing device of the character indicated; to exclude moisture'from the container; to provide for ready filling; to confine the mechanical moving parts to attachment upon or with respect to a metallic cap; to thus provide for a removable part for filling which screws into the metallic cap; to mount the device for oscillatory inversion by means of said metallic cap; to provide for limiting oscillation by stops on said metallic cap; to provide an operating lip on said cap; to discharge a limited quantity of the granular material while measuring the next quantity to be discharged; to secure simplicity of construction and operation; and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Drawing Figure 1 is an elevation of a dispensing device, in its normal position, embodying my invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the cap and container on line 2-2 of Figure 1, the plug and Description In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawing, the reference numeral l0 designates a base or mounting member here indicated as of the nature of a wall bracket with forwardly directed yoke arms II the outer end portions of which constitute alined pivotal supports for an oscillatable receptacle l2. It is from this receptacle l2 and by virtue of its oscillation that the granular material, such as soap powder, is dispensed.

Receptacle l2 preferably comprises a globular, glass or other container 13 having a neck I 4 at one part which for convenience will be termed the topof said container. This neck l of the container is cemented or otherwise secured, preferably permanently, within a downwardly directed hollow or dome l5 of a metallic cap 16 having an edge collar or rim l1 encircling said neck. At diametrically opposite positions next thelower edge of this rim H are radially projecting pintles l8, l8 which enter the aforesaid alined pivotal supports of the yoke arms H. 5 Above these pintles are horizontally and radially disposed ears l9, [9 which serve both as shields to the pivotal mounting and as stops to limit the oscillation in both directions- Preferably, the pintles and ears are integralparts of the metallic l0 cap. 1

At the mid part of the cap is provided a threaded opening 20 of a size appropriate as a filling opening for the container. This opening, while the device is in dispensing assembly, is normally 15 closed by a plug 2| having external threads to fit those of the opening and having a shouldered spout at the exterior top side of thecap It. Within the container, axially disposed with respect to the plug, is a measuring cup 22 the 20 upper edge of which is soldered, brazed, welded or otherwise secured in the lower end of the plug. This cup is shown cylindrical with a closed lower end 23 integral with the cylindrical side walls. The inside center of the lower end 23 is shown 25 with a depression 24. Near the upper end of the cylindrical wall of this measuring cup 22 are provided a plurality of holes 25 therethrough around the entire circumference of the cup. These holes 25 are for entry of a limited supply of the granu- 30 lar material into the cup in operation.

Within the cup, coaxial therewith but of less diameter, is a funnel tube 26 the upper end of which is pressed into a central passage 21 through the plug 50 as to remain permanently assembled 35 therewith. The lower end ofthis funnel tube 26 flares, providing a funnel head of greater diam-- eter than the tube but a little smaller than the inside diameter of the cup and spaced from the I bottom or lower end 23 of the cup about the 4 same distance as the peripheral separation of the funnel head from the cylindrical cup wall.

In use, the receptacle is tilted, as by a lip- 28 projecting forwardly from the lower front edge of the cap, and preferably an integral part there- 45 with. The oscillation will substantially invert the receptacle through nearly displacement until ear l9 strikes the yoke arm. Such inversion of the receptacle causes the granular contents of the container to move toward and rest 50 upon the inside of the inverted cap. The material accordingly has been actuated toward the holes 25 in the cup 22 and both because of the force developed and because the material then surrounds the cup, material enters the cup 5 through said holes. When the receptacle is allowed to swing back to its normal position, the material thus received in the cup falls to the bottom thereof and enters, in considerable proportion, under the flare of the funnel head. The next inversion of the receptacle causes the material opposed to the funnel head to flow out through funnel tube 26 and central passage 21 of the plug to discharge for use. The same inversion which thus discharges a supply of material also obtains introduction of a measured or limited reserve into the cup ready for the next inversion and discharge.

I wish to emphasize that the receptacle comprises a preferably glass container with only the one engagement with the metal parts, namely around the neck of the container. The cap provides the means for p-ivotally mounting upon the yoke, for eflecting the limitation of oscillation, for receiving the plug made removable for refilling purposes, and for providing the protruding lip by which the user imparts the oscillatory movement. The construction is simple and rugged and provides a trap construction at'the bottom of the cup by which moisture is prevented from entering into the container. Further, since the granular materials resting in the bottom of the cup will absorb some moisture entering the tube, it is preferable to prevent any of this material returning into the container. This result is secured by spacing the holes 25 ;a

short distance from the upper end of the cup, so that, when the cup is inverted the material therein not passing out of the funnel tube but remaining in the cup will fall to the end of the cup toward the plug and not be opposite the holes.

I claim:

A dispensing device comprising an invertible receptacle having a container for material to be dispensed, a. cap at the top of the container having pivotal supporting means thereon whereby the receptacle may be oscillated, said cap having a central opening provided with internal screw threads, a discharge plug having external screw threads adapted to be fitted within the central opening of said cap and having a central passage longitudinally thereof within said cap and container, said plug having a downwardly depending and vertically disposed cup with a closed bottom and openings towards the top thereof for receiving the material therein, a discharge funnel fixedly secured within the bottom of the plug and in alignment with the central passage and extending downwardly and parallelly within the said cup and adjacent the bottom thereof, and said funnel having a flared end at the bottom whereby when oscillating the receptacle the material received through the openings in the cup will be discharged outwardly through the funnel and central passage of the plug.

MARTIN J. PETERS. 

